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From: einari@rhi.hi.is (Einar Indridason)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: ALED ... does *not* mask the 8-th bit!
Message-ID: <3279@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
Date: 19 Jun 91 12:26:21 GMT
References: <3245@krafla.rhi.hi.is> <4089@sixhub.UUCP> <3258@krafla.rhi.hi.is> <1991Jun18.104523.484@sc2a.unige.ch>
Reply-To: einari@rhi.hi.is (Einar Indridason)
Organization: University of Iceland (RHI)
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In article <1991Jun18.104523.484@sc2a.unige.ch> fisher@sc2a.unige.ch writes:
>This is not correct.  Using the swiss-french keyboard, I can enter without
>problem chars such as ('e), (`a), (,c) or (`e).  This means that the 8-th
>bit is *not* masked.  On the other hand, keys such as ("u) or ("a) return
>an error message "Macro not defined", the ("o) gets me an ascii table (this
>I find really funny) and (~n) displays the time in the top right corner...

Ok.  So it does not mask the 8th bit.  But it is still unusable to me.  I
lose our national characters.  So it is still in the waste-basket :-)

(But the fact still remains, that much *too* *many* programs *mask* the 8th
bit!)


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Surgeon Generals warning:  Masking the 8th bit can seriously damage your brain!!